It is our privilege to welcome you to the Charity Baptist
Mission web page. We hope this will be a testament of what the Lord is doing
in America and throughout the world.

In 1973, the Lord laid upon my heart to start Charity
Baptist Mission Inc., here in Bristol, Tennessee. We started it
because we were opening a children’s home in Mexico. From there the Lord
continued to bless and increased the areas to other countries by which we
could share the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour.

It has been truly a blessing to see how the Lord has used
missionaries to reach the lost and see them saved.

We believe in the Authorized King James
1611 version of the Word of God. It has stood the test of time and we
believe this is the only true Bible.

“For I am now ready to be offered, and the
time of my departure is at hand.

I have fought a
good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:” (2 Tim 4:7,8)

Dear churches and praying friends,
March 2018

Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. As
spring comes to Bulgaria, we are thankful for a new season of sowing and
reaping. The Lord has been good to us these many years. Here in my office, I
have about two hundred Turkish New Testaments that I have bound by hand, and
ready to be distributed. Last month one of our national pastors went to the
hospital for a week’s stay where he witnessed to all those around him. One man,
although unreceptive at the first, said, “Why don’t you give me a Bible so I can
read it for myself? Then I might believe.” Last week this same pastor went back
to the hospital for a week, and this time he took Bibles with him. In due season
we shall reap, if we faint not.

It’s been five years since Brother Ralph Cheatwood purchased a house and
small building in the village of Avren. Each year we have worked on preparing
the building to be a church house, a workspace for producing Bibles and also a
storage facility for the coat distribution in the winter. It is our desire to
finish the work this year. Brother Cheatwood was recently diagnosed with cancer
in the lungs and kidneys. He has refused chemo therapy, choosing to live the
rest of his days in the Lord’s hands. Paul told Timothy, “The time of my
departure is at hand.” That’s where Brother Cheatwood is now. After forty three
years of service on the mission field his departure time is near. He called us
missionaries and national pastors together to tell us. “…neither count I my life
dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry,
which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of
God.” His last request is that we finish the work on this church house and Bible
factory.

I believe the work needed on this building will cost at least ten thousand
dollars. Would you pray for this work? Brother Cheatwood has given his life
preaching the gospel to the Turks and translating the Bible into their language.
Although Paul told Timothy that his departure was at hand, he also gave him some
final instructions. Those instructions included bringing his winter coat to him,
the books, and especially the parchments. This is Brother Cheatwood’s final
request. To prepare a place for the winter coats that we give the poor children
each winter; to have a meeting house for a Turkish meeting, Bulgarian meeting,
and an English meeting; and to have a place to print and bind the New Testament
that he has translated. We believe there are some people who would believe, if
only they had a Bible in their hands. Please pray with us about finishing this
work.

I am writing this at the request of my father-in-law, Ralph Cheatwood. He has
been my pastor, mentor, and example of a true man of God for the 25 years that
Dara and I have been on the field.

Besides preaching to thousands of Turks in Romania and Bulgaria, planting
over 100 churches, founding Casa Julia children’s home, and feeding and clothing
countless children of God, he has worked tirelessly and faithfully to translate
the King James Bible into Turkish so that the people he loves so much can have
the true Word of God.

Brother Ralph was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer – a tumor on his
bronchial tube and several other places in his body. The doctors have said that
there is nothing they can do besides, when the time comes, make his passing as
comfortable as possible. At this time, his only complaint is a persistent cough
which makes it difficult to concentrate on his translation work.

We are pursuing some natural treatments that are said to have success in
shrinking tumors, which may give him some relief from the cough. Brother Ralph
is at peace with his inevitable passing. He is 79 years old and has been blessed
to be serving the Lord for the last 43 years on several different mission
fields. His prayer now is that the Lord will give him this summer to read
through his Turkish Bible a final time to have peace that he has done the best
he could.

Brother Ralph also wants to finish the building in Avren, Bulgaria that will
be home to the church in that village. It will also house the printing workshop
for Bibles and hymnbooks and “Coats for Kids” which collects and distributes
coats for poor children. He wants to leave that building completed so that we
missionaries who have served under him all these years can carry on the work
that the Lord laid on his heart to do.

The missionary families here got together and are resolved to see Brother
Ralph’s vision realized. This will take some money and each of us will shoulder
a part of that burden for him. I am asking each of you to pray and, if the Lord
leads you, to help us with the work that we will be trying to do before the end
of the summer.

I know Brother Ralph is thankful to all who have supported him and this work
over the years. By God’s grace, we will stay faithful to see that work continue
into eternity.

In Christ, Dave Turner

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From UKRAINE

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Dear Praying Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Winter of 2018

We Thank the Lord for all His answers to your and our prayers in 2017!!!
Looking forward to seeing His Hand move upon Lost Souls in 2018. “Behold, the
LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that
it cannot hear:” Isaiah 59:1 … What a Privilege we all have as vessels for our
Risen Saviour to continue His life and Ministry “to seek and to save that which
was lost”. Luke 19:10

Dec. 16-24th: The I.C. National Ukrainian team and I made visits in 10
Churches in Chernovitsky Region (just North of Romania). In all the Lord worked
on many hearts as He saved many souls. I visited in three religious villages and
saw four souls receive Christ. People listened well. It was obvious that the
Lord was working on lost hearts through your prayers.

January 19-26th: I travelled to Southern Moldova: to visit and encourage the
Churches there and to make visits in two towns (one is a Bulgarian town). We
made many fruitful visits - even three Gypsy families listened very well. I
thank the Lord for working upon hearts and for the three souls who accepted
Christ. For 4 hours we explained the clear truth of Salvation by Faith Alone to
a very versed, devout Orthodox man named Zahar. (He knows their religious
teachings better than the priests.) He could find no argument with the
scriptures- Please pray for his salvation.

February 18-25th: The I.C. National Ukrainian team and I will be making
visits in 14 Churches in Chernigovsky Region (2.5 hours north of Kiev). Please
Pray the Lord will work on many hearts in the different villages and the city of
Chernigov. I travelled to nine of these Churches over the last nine months: to
get them praying and interceding for lost souls using the Andrew Brochures and
to stir them up to fulfill their Ministry of Reconciliation.
2 Cor. 5:18-21

We could definitely use your intercessory prayers for these needs:

1) I. C. Crusades: Explaining the Gospel as we make visits witnessing to
souls who people have been praying for.

2) Preaching and Teaching opportunities to stir up Ukrainian Christians to
Evangelize, witness and reach out to the lost.

3) Thousands of tracts being distributed and sent out to other Churches who
have a desire to reach lost souls.

4) Pray the 8,000 lost souls read their Evangelistic Calendars: that the seed
of God’s Word be sown in their hearts.

5) Witnessing to foreign students - Especially for Vimal and four Hindu
Students from Southern India- 200 more Indians are here from their same state
which all speak a non-typical Indian language- “Tamil”. * I prayed for them and
two weeks later, they bought a car with False Documents which the Police
impounded one hour later on their way to the Krishna Temple where they wanted to
thank Krishna for their car. They immediately came to me for help to translate
from English to Russian. Recently we had a good conversation as I took them to
the central Police Station to submit more documents.

6) Pray for the Lord to CALL & SEND out Ukrainian Missionaries to go into the
countries which are closed to Western and Korean Missionaries.

7) Pray for the War which continues to smolder in Eastern Ukraine and our
present Political Unrest and vast Corruption.

8) Our Health: Elisabeth, Oksana & Richard.

9) “Elizarovka”- Twice a month 8-12 Children gather to study the Bible in the
local school, But the Director says officially the adults cannot meet there.
Pray the Lord will open up the right house to buy for holding meetings in. (five
churches are Evangelizing this Churchless region where people from the
“Chernobyl Accident” were relocated to.)

Thankful for your Faithful Prayers and Continual Support of this His Outreach
Ministry to Ukraine.

Richard, Oksana, Elisabeth and David Maher

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Dear Praying Friends and Family, November – December 2017

Holiday Blessings: The holiday months were full of blessings for our ministry
and family. The ministry is doing really well. New converts are growing and
staying faithful to get the Gospel out, and services are well attended. The
Bible Institute is going strong and is a challenge for all of us. Our neighbor,
Sergei, who was recently saved is growing in the Lord and won his brother to
Christ. His school teacher noticed a change in his character and asked him about
it. He told her he received Christ and started reading the Bible. She had a lot
of questions and we are trying to set up a meeting with her, praying for her
salvation. Missionary Ed Keough came and preached for us during the Thanksgiving
weekend, which was a special treat for everyone. We’ve had several visitors, and
we have several waiting to be baptized and others wanting to join the church.
Our congregation supports six missionaries and sacrificed over several weeks to
take up special love offerings to send to those families over the Holiday
Season. We also want to thank those of you who generously sent us extra love
offerings for our ministry and family during the holidays. It sure was a
blessing to buy the kids extra gifts and let them know that they were from the
saints back home in the USA.

Building Project/Answer to Prayer: We were very encouraged by a couple of
special offerings that were sent for our building project. It was confirmation
to our prayers. We are still in the document/drawing stage. We have had to go
back to the drawing board seven times now! I think we finally have the plan and
approach that we are looking for. All we need now is the final approval, and
then the architectural drawings can be ordered. Thank you for your prayers and
help in this area. We have a very long way to go but are excited about the
thoughts of having a building for a larger ministry.

The Gospel Preached in Public Schools!: Our first presentation in one of the
local public schools went well with the exception that, at the last minute we
were forbidden to pass out literature! At least we were allowed to distribute
the full color flyers that we put together, which contain more information on
salvation and the Bible than these kids have ever heard in their lives. The
other schools postponed our dates until after mid-January due to various
reasons. First, the holidays presented an obstacle. Then the schools closed for
a few weeks because of the freezing temperatures. They barely heat the schools
in winter because the local communities cannot afford it, due to the ever rising
gas prices. Recently another setback occurred when an outbreak of measles
hospitalized several children with five reportedly dying as a result of
complications in Odessa. Now, there is a diphtheria outbreak.

Answered Prayer and Prayer Requests: Thank you for praying for my parents during
their recent trial of faith. My step-father had to have open heart surgery which
lasted about six hours and involved them hooking him up to life-sustaining
machines, while they stopped his heart and did the procedure. It was a difficult
situation. I wanted to be with my family at this time but we had already
scheduled a meeting to preach in the school. We decided to stay, trusting that
the Lord would take care of him while we stayed and preached the Gospel.

I also want to thank you for praying for my own health. I am still undergoing
treatment but my most recent blood work was very encouraging. Please continue to
pray about my family’s various health needs.

Please forgive this very late prayer letter, along with the fact that it was
hurriedly written. We want to thank you all for your friendship, prayers,
support, and all that you do for the Lord that gives us the privilege and
opportunity to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May the Lord bless you as
you serve Him in the New Year! Until our next prayer letter or our meeting in
the air!

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and
defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory."
(II Sam. 23:12)

Dear Churches and Praying Friends,
January 2018

Greetings in the name of our great Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. We trust this
letter finds you persevering in the work of God by faith. As the New Year rolls
around, we always think about what we've seen in the past year, and then what
the New Year might hold. Reflecting on the events of 2017 we are, first of all,
bound to give thanks to each of you who have supported this work faithfully
through the years. Without your support we would not be here. You labor with us
in your prayers. We are fellow laborers. Our burdens are your burdens. Our
prayer requests are your works of faith. The victories that we see are your
victories. Another year now has passed, a year of standing like Shammah in the
midst of the ground and defending it, as mentioned in the verse above. Victory
is experienced after long battles. Much of our work here is simply standing,
refusing to move or leave the battle. Ralph Cheatwood, the senior missionary
with whom we work, when asked “what was his greatest accomplishment in forty
years on the mission field”, responded simply, "I stayed." During those forty
years of staying he was able to translate the Bible into modern Turkish and
preach to thousands of people all over Bulgaria. Many of those thousands
believed the gospel and obeyed the command to be baptized into the Christian
faith.

So, we have stayed another year. Our year has been filled with preaching to
little crowds in house churches. The saints have been edified, or built up in
the faith. National pastors have been able to faithfully travel to the villages,
week in and week out because we've stayed, and because you've stayed faithful.
Hungry children have been fed. Had we not stayed faithful, what would they eat?
Just today at the children's meeting there was a girl that told my wife, "I
don't come here for the food. I come to hear you talk about Jesus." Many poor
people have come to church and experienced the blessing of answered prayer in
times of sickness and disease. Just today there was a lady that came to our
house and asked prayer for her mother who has cancer. Had we not stayed
faithful, where would they be? Last year there was a town drunk who started
coming to church. He professed faith in Jesus and proclaimed his drinking days
were over. Had we not stayed faithful, what hope would he have?

So, we have stayed another year, and the Lord gives a great victory. The victory
is in the hearts of the people here. When they see God answer their prayers,
when the truth of the gospel enlightens their hearts, when their faith is
manifested in the baptismal waters, which is a great victory.

“There is a lad here, which
hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?”
John 6:9

When we were in America last
year I was asked to tell a congregation about Coats for Kids. After service a
boy came to me and asked if there were winter hats in Bulgaria. I said yes. He
then asked if I knew where to buy them and I said yes. He further asked if he
sent me money would I go buy them for the kids. Smiling and crying at the same
time, I said yes.

Aden was true to his word and
sent money for winter hats. Instead of birthday presents he requested his
friends and family give money to put hats on kids in Bulgaria this winter. This
one lad shared what he had to help take care of many. It has been a blessing to
give out over 300 hats for Aden.

Eforie,
Romania

“The rich and
poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of
them all.” Proverbs 22:2

I’ve written about Eforie
before. Eforie, where castaways are cast even further away: out of sight and out
of mind. But when I tell you that in this tiny container village at the
city landfill live some of the sweetest, most loving children I have ever met, I
truly mean it. Hugs. Smiles. Conversation. And not just when we bring coats and
socks - no, they’re like this all the time.

So you just have
to ask yourself: are they really the poor
among us?

Sheker’s Boots

Sheker is a
precious girl who lives in the Children’s
Home in Romania. She and some of her sisters
came to our house to spend time with our
family. We met them at the mall in Varna
where all the girls proceeded to spend
Christmas money. Sheker bought a pair of
boots that ended up being too big for her. I
felt strongly we should buy them from her so
she could get a pair that fit and we could
give this pair to someone in need.

Today we met that someone. Her
story is tragic - she was born into the lap of luxury and used to have huge bags
full of Italian leather boots, but after her parents died and she turned to
alcohol she lost everything. The woman we met did not look like she had ever
been rich... but then again, maybe she’s richer now than she was before because
she is open to her need for Christ. Pray for Petya.

They have very little. No
indoor toilet. No accessible bath or shower. No washing machine. No kitchen.
Barely any clothes.

“But God, who is rich in
mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,” Ephesians 2:4

But God. God
makes the difference. God sees past
these temporal things on which we place
monetary value. He sees to the very heart of
man. And in an area of great opulence
where these people are cast aside, the true
riches He sees are in a place of great
poverty where the Holy Spirit fills a
shipping container and lavishes an abundance
of “the exceeding riches of his grace” on a
thankful people. They may never swim
in a safe of gold coins but they sure are
immersed in love, mercy, and grace. They are
rich.

I’m incredibly thankful to get
to help people... but in the end I also ask myself: Did I help them? Or did they
help me? That’s the beauty of the Body of Christ - rich and poor, he made
us all. We are one.

Greetings in the name of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I hope all of you enjoyed the holiday season. Dara
and I have been saying that it seems like this has been one of the best holidays
ever for us. After our Sunday service on New Year’s Eve, I think we can say for
sure it is the best. I’ll tell you more about that in a minute.

First of all, I want to thank everyone who sent money and gifts for all of our
kids for Christmas. It could not have worked out more perfectly. We were able to
get the children all we had hoped for and even more. More importantly, we had
several family prayer meetings during the time the kids have been out of school
and it felt like we really drew together around Christ. It’s hard to explain--
you want your children to enjoy the presents and yet you want there to be a
spirit of thankfulness and worship toward Jesus Christ and the salvation we have
through Him – the most important gift! This year, more than any I can remember,
we have had that spirit here in our Home. I want to thank the Lord for that…it
really has been wonderful!

Our fellow missionaries working in Bulgaria, Larry and Carrie Leach, once again
raised money and bought winter coats for the children in one of our poorest
villages. Not long before Christmas they brought the coats; and we took most of
our kids with us out to this village to fit every child (over 30 in total) with
a beautiful warm coat, each with a pair of socks in the pocket. Our kids took
turns fitting a coat to a village child, many of whom came with no coat at all,
even though the weather was quite cold. The village children were beaming
proudly when we left and our kids were warmed with that feeling that comes from
being able to show Christ’s love to someone else.

We were able to pray for two families we know who each lost a newborn child
right around Christmas. Of course, learning of these terrible losses brought
back many of the emotions we felt losing our own Noah Cross. We missed having
him here with us for Christmas. But, thank the Lord, we were also reminded of
that wonderful flood of grace that God poured out on us during that time, now 5
½ years ago. All of our children here at the Home went through that loss with us
and we were all able to pray together for these families in a way that many will
never know. Paul said to the Romans “For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us.” I think our short separation from Noah Cross will not compare
to the glory we will share together with him for an eternity in Heaven.

Over the last several weeks we have had some really good church services, and it
seemed the Lord had been stirring our hearts. On several occasions over these
weeks we had young military men and women visit for the first time. We heard
that 6 or 7 would be coming to church on Sunday the 31st, the last day of the
year. Everyone was feeling the Lord might do something great. My mother-in-law,
Sandy, said she prayed the night before that someone would be saved. One of the
military men who is a Christian and has been coming regularly told me when he
got here on Sunday morning that he believed someone would be saved. We had a
very good service. The Lord really blessed as Dara and the kids sang during the
service and then afterward when Dara gave a beautiful testimony of God’s
goodness to all of us.
After the service, a few of us were able to sit down with two of the young men
who came and discuss salvation. One of the men, who had been saved years before,
was afraid he had drifted so far that he had lost his salvation. We were able to
show him from the Bible that it is God, not he himself, who is the keeper of his
soul. He now has the Lord’s full assurance of his salvation and he made a
commitment to get back to that walk with the Lord that had been missing in his
life for so long.

The other young man had not been saved; but as we talked with him and prayed
with him, he asked the Lord to save him and to come into his heart and life.
Praise the Lord!! This was the answer for which we had been praying. Afterward,
we sat around singing hymns and testifying until late in the evening. Someone
said to this young soldier, “Aren’t you excited the Lord did this for you
today?”, it being New Year’s Eve. He said “I am more excited for every day in
the next year!” We thank the Lord for saving this young man and for everything
He let us have a part in – not just on that day but every day. We are certainly
going into the New Year with a renewed excitement for serving our wonderful
Savior Jesus Christ.

We pray a blessed new year for each of you. Thank you again for all your prayers
and support.

Dear Pastors, Churches and
fellow Saints, Greetings once again from Romania!
January 1, 2018

The Lord blessed Jacob and my
visit to America. I only had two weeks and needed more time, but we are thankful
for the depth of love we found as we traveled to all the places we could.
I’m convinced that God wanted to do more, but we are busy, and the work must be
watched over.

I enjoyed hearing Jacob stand
up and share the way God had worked in his heart and led him to see the
ministry. Jacob spoke of when he was around 14 years old and how I had
taken him to a meeting in town. He had not wanted to go, but knew he had
to. I was forced to leave him alone with the lady of the house as I drove
some older people to their homes. During this time the lady of the house was
concerned because it was growing colder as sun began to set. She had no wood and
took one of her pillows and ripped it up and burnt it in her little stove to
keep him warm. He said, that one act of kindness and the thought of her
having to sleep that night without a pillow somehow opened his heart to see what
God is doing in these people’s lives. As I listened, I was so blessed to
watch pastors and church members transfixed as Jacob spoke of how God had
burdened him and wanted him to give his life to this Turkish work.

It is wonderful to see how
faith is a beautiful and miraculous gift from God. I was able to
experience the joy of seeing it unfold in his life after years of worry and
fear. What a beautiful picture of the grace and power of God. It is hard to hold
the emotions in when God’s pure love is being revealed like that. I wish all
young people could understand what a beautiful thing it is to seek God’s ways.
Not because of talent or ability, not because of prestige or financial gain, but
because of the gospel and power it has too set men and women free.

We are joyful as we end another
prosperous year. We were blessed to baptized seven believers and honored
to participate in an ordination service this year. We also buried two of
our oldest believers. We buried their bodies, but their works do follow them.
We are committed to guarding their testimonies of Jesus Christ while awaiting
the joyous day of our reunion in heaven. What a blessing to give out over
350 Christmas packets to the poor children. The joy and hugs always help
seal and cap off the year with hope. Time and space would fail me to tell
all Jesus has done in the lives and families of these believers, but God’s grace
has carried us through and our faith is once again unshaken because of his
faithfulness. Please continue to pray for the churches and centers and us as we
enter another year for his name’s sake!

Thank You and May God Richly
Bless You Is Our Prayer! From Romania, Nathan, Teresa,
Rachel, Nate, Jacob, Elmas, Rebecca and little Uriah

Happy New Year! It is our hope and prayer
that this letter finds you all well and warm. Our holidays were a little
difficult without the older children home, but we had a nice, quiet time
together and even tried to make new traditions.

The response this winter to Coats for Kids
has been overwhelming, and for that we are thankful. We have been very busy with
the distributions, only taking a forced break when the flu hit our house for a
few weeks. Hundreds of coats and socks (and this year some hats) have been
bought, sorted, and distributed. Today Carrie and I were sitting at the table
planning our next step when a request for coats came in. We felt like we should
go get coats for this need right at that moment in order to be ahead of the ice
storm. We hope to keep working until we have exhausted all suppliers and/or
resources.

The churches are doing very well. I love the
people, and I'm so glad they love me too. Yesterday five folks from the church
in Mihailovski came to my house to check on me because they heard I had been
very sick. They also brought bags of fruit. Unfortunately I was not home to
visit with them, but it blessed my heart that they would figure out a way to get
out here to my house to see about me. What a blessing!

Our time in America was bittersweet, but
mostly sweet. The Lord did such big things for our family, and we returned to
the field encouraged and helped. While in America we were able to visit many
churches - both supporting churches and new contacts. The Lord blessed as we
presented the work. When asked about our personal needs, I told of those - each
time highlighting the need of the moment (getting our older children set up,
Pastor Ismail, Widow Minka, getting Carrie some medical help, Coats for Kids,
etc.). I felt at peace about the direction of each and every meeting. However,
after returning to the field and finding costs had risen while I was gone, I
find that I ran out of time in America to highlight every need and our personal
monthly support ended up feeling the lack. I cannot visit new churches in
America while working here in Bulgaria, but I know God answers prayers; so I
would like to ask all of our supporters to make this a matter of prayer for the
Leach Family.

In closing, I want to thank all of you for
your faithfulness. You have been faithful to pray and support and give to
special needs. We are thankful that God put us together in His ministry.
Praying for you.

We have had a very interesting year. The presence of the Lord was so
real in our services while here in the States. We have also enjoyed a
measure of health with a few aches and pains, but at least you can feel
something!

2017 was a year of hurricanes for, the United States, Puerto Rico and
other Hispanic countries. On our last trip we used most of the time
assessing the damage from the hurricane that plowed across the Northern
section of a Hispanic country. We are trying to help in as many areas as
possible, but there were so many people affected by the storm it seems
almost impossible. Those that sustained heavy damage will never
completely recover in their lifetime.

One project that we began in is almost finished. Now the only problem is
getting the required materials, because so many others are in need from
the hurricanes. This particular church and house will serve as our base
of operations. We want thank all of you who have helped with needs from
the hurricane and this project.

We just returned from a trip to the Amazon; seeing works along the river
in Colombia, Peru and Brazil. As a result of two prior trips in 2009 and
2010 we were able to bring three men to the States to be in our
conferences. Since then, these men have “increased” their ministry by
planting several new works. It was exciting as we road banana boats
across and up the Amazon to see those churches and be in services with
the people.

One of the buildings that we helped build in 2010 was at the point of
being taken over by a drug cartel. They had threatened the pastor’s
life. As Brother Euler told us the story while weeping said, “the
brothers from the church were hazarding their lives to salvage materials
from the building by disassembling it, and all at once, they were
totally surrounded by soldiers with guns”! He said while being overcome
by tears, “until this day they do not know if it was the military or
angels protecting them!” God is on the throne and mindful of our needs!

Thanks to all of you who have been so faithful to our ministry with your
prayers and help. May God Bless each one richly in this next year!

Joyfully Yours, Farren Caeble

2017 - 2018 Flour & Oil

Dear Friends and Supporters, November 2017

“There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but
what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there
was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the
disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the
fishes as much as they would.” John 6:9-11

These verses have been resonating in my heart for the past several days: how
Jesus had performed many miracles while walking here on this earth. “And there
are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written
every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that
should be written”. Amen. John 21:25

I write this letter to say thank you. Thank you for your yearly support, both by
prayer and giving, for the feeding of the Turks in Romania and Bulgaria. I am so
thankful that God has allowed me to be a part of His ministry. He is still
performing miracles. I am a witness to them and testify to you that our God is
still God and still able. He still feeds the multitudes. He still has the Gospel
preached to the poor. And those poor in spirit, are rich in faith. He still
binds up the brokenhearted. Time, paper, and pen would fail us to tell all the
things God is still doing.

It is time once again to give our “loaves and fishes” to Jesus, and trust Him to
satisfy the hungry. I have spoken to Brother Matt Welch about the cost of this
endeavor this year, and he said it would take around $60,000 to $65,000 to feed
2,000 families. These are the families that make up the 105 churches in Romania
and Bulgaria. I realize this is a lot of money; but, don’t forget the little lad
with five little barley loaves and two little fishes. He gave what little he had
to a great big God who with it, fed the multitudes. Everything was little, but
his heart. He had a heart for Jesus, as so many of you all have. We are
believing this same Jesus, to perform this same miracle once again this year, by
the love of God in your hearts.

Our goal is to get this money to the missionaries by the first of the year. Last
year, the missionaries were able to distribute over seventy tons of flour along
with around two thousand gallons of cooking oil to over two thousand families
from our churches. Each family received one hundred and ten pounds of flour and
five liters of cooking oil.

Thank you once again for your continued support and love for your fellow
believers in foreign countries.

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is
charity.” 1 Corinthians 13:13

Dear Praying Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Fall of 2017

Lakeside Baptist Church continues to faithfully distribute the 8,000
Evangelistic Calendar and tract packets from house to house in the same 15
villages as last year. *Please pray these 8,000 lost souls will read the
Calendars daily that the seed of God’s Word be sown in their hearts through the
messages about Christ & Salvation. They testified that some of the villages are
finally opening up to listen to the Gospel.

Pray for Vamil and four Hindu Students from Southern India. They are learning
here in English, but it is very hard for us to understand each other. I am
trying to find tracts to reach them in their native language of Tamil.

We praise the Lord for supplying
the funds to print 20,000 of the tracts: “Are you sure that you will be with God
in Heaven?” 10,000 have already been distributed. This is a great tool for use
on visitation. We’ve also been able to print 35,000 Chick tracts and 120,000
testimonial tracts. We are now preparing to print five testimonial tracts in the
Ukrainian language.

The Lord led me to work with International Commission or (I.C.): Our main
purpose is teaching Baptist Churches the importance of purposeful intercessory
prayer combined with relationship building to sow the seed of the Gospel in the
hearts of lost souls one at a time.

We use Operation Andrew brochures which lay out a simple strategy for building a
relationship with a lost relative, neighbor, colleague or friend; as God softens
their heart through prayer. Each Christian makes a list of 10 lost acquaintances
and prays everyday for one minute for each soul. Then they let the person know
that they pray for them daily. After a few weeks they contact them to ask for
any special prayer needs. In a month or so they invite them out for coffee, and
again later they invite them over for dinner (praying along the way that the
Lord will touch their heart to ask why they became so important). If they ask,
then this opens the door to give your testimony and present the Gospel of
Christ. If the door doesn’t open up, then they prayerfully invite someone else
to come with them to share their testimony and present the Gospel. At this point
an I.C. team can come by the Church to help make visits, sharing their salvation
testimony and presenting Christ with hopes that the person will listen to them
about Christ.

From Nov. 3rd-13th I participated with an I.C., American team which made a week
of visits in different towns in Southern Moldova. Many from the team testified
about how God moved on hearts and saved souls. I labored in two Turkish speaking
Gagauz villages where I testified to 65 lost people on 32 visits. Praise the
Lord! He saved 15 souls. What a great blessing to help others reap some souls in
their harvest field, whitened by prayer.

December 16th-24th The I.C. National Ukrainian team and I will be visiting lost
souls in Chernivtsy, Ukraine. Pray the Lord will soften and prepare the hearts
of the lost through prayer. Also, pray for the Churches and the Christians we
will train, as we go on soul-winning visits with them and teach them how to
testify and present Christ.

We are so grateful to the Lord that they sentenced and locked up for 8.5 years
the armed robber who broke into our Church apartment in 2012 and 2013. We also
thank you for your prayers for our Family.

To God be the Glory! Richard, Oksana, Elisabeth and David Maher --
***Pray for our present Political Unrest: the Opposition is pushing to impeach
the President.

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From Bulgaria

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"Then they that gladly received his word
were baptised" Acts 2:41

Dear Pastors, Churches, and Fellow Saints,
July-August 2017

Greetings unto you from all the believers
that are among us. We want you to know you are in our prayers often and
we thank our God for you all.

In 1979, I gladly received the Word of God
and the Lord Jesus Christ as my saviour. I was so sensitive to God's
Spirit and His will. I didn't know much about God or His Word; but,
whatever God wanted was what I wanted, and whatever His word said was
good for me.

What a blessing it is when you run into a
Christian that is sold on the will of God and the word of God. Bornchu
was saved in the spring. He enjoys church and is refreshing to be
around. His joy in the Lord is contagious, and it is wonderful to see
someone grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour,
Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18

I know it should go without saying that when
someone receives God's word that they will follow the Lord, but oh how
blessed it is to see it actually happen. We were in a church service not
long after Bornchu was saved and mentioned to him we would be having a
baptism service. We explained how baptism was a "demonstration of the
gospel", and upon the profession of our faith in Jesus we may be
baptised. Acts 8:36, 37 That is, buried in the likeness of his death and
raised in the likeness of his resurrection to walk in newness of life,
and that it was an outward demonstration of what had already happened to
us inwardly. Bornchu received it
gladly and was baptised when we held our baptismal service down by the
river. All were happy to see him follow the Lord.

In Acts 8, the Ethiopian eunuch believed and
was baptised, and in verse 39 he "went on his way rejoicing". Likewise
did Bornchu; he gladly received God's word, was baptised and went on his
way rejoicing. My, my, how God's way is so simple and so good! Please
pray for Bornchu and his family. He is like all of us: he has lost loved
ones who need to be saved, but God is able. “Wherefore he is able also
to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him,...” Hebrews
7:25

For those of you who don’t know, as it’s been too long since I’ve written, we
are Stateside. We arrived safely and without incident August 24th. After a brief
period of rest and recuperation, we started on the road. We’ve been traveling
for almost a month, all the way from Michigan to Florida and many points in
between. It has been good to renew old acquaintances, and make many more new
ones. We also, after securing a cell phone, have a new, direct means of contact.
Our new phone number is: (828) 592-1498. If you’d like to have us in, to update
you on the work in Bulgaria, to testify, sing or preach, don’t hesitate to let
us know. We’d love to come and tell the goodness of our Savior demonstrated
toward our gypsy Turks. Also, feel free to pass our information along to any
other pastors or churches, and especially to as many praying people as you know.

We have been blessed to be in several good, strong meetings; and they have
refreshed our spirits. It is a blessing in itself to be in meetings where Christ
Jesus is glorified, and His Spirit manifested; to know that God is still at work
in America, in this wicked day; to know that there are still, scattered here and
there, people who both know, and desire the God of glory and the glory of God.
It is my heart’s desire to be in, and have my little family in, as many of those
meetings as I can. And when I can’t, to bring that same spirit to as many
meetings as I’m in. If there is a dearth in this land, it is for a lack of
preaching that provokes people to worship God in Spirit and in truth: that gives
Jesus Christ the preeminence, and lifts Him high as an object of wonder and
adoration, worthy of worship, love and sacrifice. O what a high estate to be
known by Him, to be called His own! O for an insatiable hunger to know Him
greater!

Pray for us. As we are traveling, pray the Lord fills us with His good Spirit,
that we might bring Him glory, and be a help and a blessing wherever He leads
us. Pray for our safety. Pray for more opportunities to testify of God’s
goodness manifested on the mission field. Pray for our upcoming needs, those
here, and those awaiting us when we return. It is human nature to calculate the
immensity of a need, against the little at hand, and so grow discouraged. But
that equation leaves out the key component: our great Savior. The last day of a
three day meeting, and the Savior said they’d close with a meal. Brother Philip
surveyed the crowd, and then checked the bank account, and said there wasn’t
enough to feed everyone. Brother Andrew went a little farther, and found among
the thousands, only one little boy brought lunch, but stated, as a matter of
fact, it wasn’t enough. They both had subtracted Jesus; but add the Lord to your
want and watch what happens. Bless the Lord, my needs exceed your resources and
mine, but not His. Thank you Lord, for meeting all we stand in need of! Help us
pray; believe for us when our faith wanes, and we’ll do the same for you. We
love you and look forward to hearing from you.

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come
unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 19:14

We hope this letter finds you well satisfied with the goodness and grace
of our Lord. Many of you have been faithful to help supply the
physical needs for the poor, hungry and destitute children in Bulgaria
and Romania. These children have been made full by your love and
generosity.

Our primary ministry is to the gypsy Turks in this region of Eastern
Europe. They are very poor, and most have no means of supplying
for their families. That being said, we would like to give you an update
on the feeding centers in Romania and Bulgaria. The children who come to
these centers are taught to sing hymns to the Lord and receive one hot
meal per day. For most this is their only prepared hot meal.

Currently
in Eastern Romania
our missionaries along with four national pastors oversee seven feeding
centers. For around $3,400 per month we provide one hot meal per day to
over 320 children. This breaks down to about 35 cents per child and
consists of 6,400 loaves of bread, flour, pasta, beans, rice, tomato
paste, potatoes and oil. We now have adults who grew up being feed in
these centers assisting with food distribution in many of these
villages.

In Eastern Bulgaria

our missionaries oversee eight feeding centers. Every month we send
around $5,000 to provide each feeding center with: five liters of oil,
five bags of sugar, five bags of salt, tomato puree, five bags of
macaroni, one large sack of potatoes, four 25kg bags of flour, and
sometimes bags of lentils, rice or beans. The children are not only fed
physically but spiritually as well with hymns and prayer.

Our missionaries give generously to help offset the cost of these
centers. Currently the exchange rate of the dollar is in our favor, and
we can feed more children, but this fluctuates according to the European
trade market. As this work continues to grow so do the expenses, but I
believe God will meet all the needs. Many souls have been saved by the
grace of God through your continual prayers and support of this
ministry.

Once again, thank you for all you have done and for letting the Lord
lead you in helping the helpless in their time of need. To God Be the
Glory, Rev. Mike Nixon, Director

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of
the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye
from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Ezekiel 33:11

Greetings from Boston,
August 2017

I would like to thank all that have a part in this work. Thank you for your
love, prayers and support. I would like to have us all pray for our country, as
we can put America in that verse from Ezekiel. We see our country’s foundation
being destroyed by the wicked many years ago by taking the word of God and
prayer out of our schools and government. They have wanted to replace it with
Islam and the Koran instead of the God’s word.

Our young people die for lack of knowledge of the word of God. It is our
responsibility as Christians to proclaim the word of God. I have had many
opportunities lately to go to high schools and junior high schools, sometimes
not even knowing that is where I would wind up while giving out tracts. So many
of today’s young people have been taking the tracts and letting me tell them
that Jesus loves them, and that he died for their sins.

One time many young people were getting on the bus, but I could not reach my bag
in time to get them a tract. When I got off the bus I started tracking the
neighborhood and ended up in front of a graduation ceremony. At first I did not
want to interrupt the ceremony, so I hung around until it was over. The young
people and their families came by me and I ended up giving them all tracts. One
young man said to me as I told him God loved him, “Thank you very much sir, this
is just what I needed.” What a blessing!

I have ended up at so many events through the spring and summer. Case in point:
The Tall Ships Festival came to Boston. I had hundreds of tracts with tall ships
on them for the occasion. So many people took them and I also put many on the
cars. I saw people take them off of their cars with tract in hand and take it
with them as they drove off with the word of God.

I also went to a Greek festival and little did I know that I would end up
getting a gospel tract in the mayor of Boston’s hand who told me he would read
it. I think he noticed my Heaven and Hell hat. Also, I had Greek language tracts
and many of the Greek orthodox priests took them. I started feeling uneasy and
felt like it was time to go. So I went into a doughnut shop to get an ice
coffee. It clouded up and all of a sudden started raining cats and dogs. I
realized it was the Lord getting me out of the bad weather and that put an end
to their religious festival. I thought within myself that the word of God says
“The rain falls on the just and the unjust.”

Recently
I went to an anti-Trump rally. I had my Bible verse sign Psalms 9:17.” The
wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” That
sign ended up in their video that they were recording for their propaganda. Not
many people took tracts, but out of the crowd came a woman who said Mr. Costigan,
“What are you doing here?” She is the therapist at the VA Hospital in the
rehabilitation department. The Lord used this lady to help me get my motorized
wheel chair. This is the chair I use to help spread the gospel and hand out
tracts all over the city. She took a tract as she usually does when I see her at
the VA. This time I had a little more time to talk with her and explain my
reason for being there.

Remember Proverbs 3:5, 6, ”Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not
unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall
direct thy paths.” I believe she is the whole reason for my being at the rally.

Another time while handing out tracts at that area I talked to some undercover
detectives. I gave them some tracts and testified about what the Lord had done
for me and also them. They drove off and the Lord brought to my mind that one of
the detectives had a tattoo on his arm that said freedom. Well, in my tract
assortment I remember as they drove off that I had a tract entitled freedom. I
thought I missed the opportunity but they came around the corner again and I
stopped them and gave him a tract of the statue of Liberty on the front of it
titled Freedom. I said, “I noticed your tattoo Freedom. This will explain what
true freedom is.”

In closing, I would like you to pray for a girl named Jen. She got saved, and it
was amazing as I shared the scriptures with her. I saw how the word of God came
to life in such a beautiful way. The light shineth in the darkness and the
darkness comprehendeth it not. I had seen this happening to her when Jesus said
”I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12. She said she would like to go with
me and pass out tracts. I asked her why? She said, “I want to help others!” Now
that’s a good answer. Only the Lord could put that in her heart. It’s a long
story to explain how she ended up in my life and I will explain in a future
newsletter. I will dedicate the newsletter solely on her testimony. It would be
a little hard to do at this time. I will need a lot of prayer. Please pray for
me as it is somewhat painful, but yet glorified the Lord Jesus Christ in ways
that I never thought would happen.

If anyone can help me out I can use some more chick tracts. I’ll write soon
again. Eph. 6:10-20